Registered Nurse (RN) Surgical Telemetry

Inova Health System; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement matching 5%

Mental Health support (25 sessions)

Job summary

Inova Fairfax Hospital is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) to join the Surgical Telemetry unit. This full-time role offers day shifts 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. and/or night shifts 7:00 p.m.

- 7:00 a.m. with days varying; sign-on and relocation bonuses are available for eligible nurses. The Surgical Telemetry unit is a 24-bed team focusing on abdominal, colorectal, hepatobiliary, and kidney transplant patients.

Qualifications

• BSN or ADN required with plan to complete BSN within 5 years.
• 1 year of RN experience in critical care.
• BLS and ACLS certification; Virginia RN licensure or multi-state license.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting multiple data sets and synthesizing their relationships.
• Formulates individualized plans of care based on assessment findings and interpreting trends in patient populations.
• Conducts all patient care in a patient and family centered manner, integrating knowledge, skills and experiences to meet needs.
• Advocates for patients' rights and provides counsel while resolving issues.
• Coordinates healthcare and alternate services for patient/family transition planning.
• Documents all patient care activities per documentation standards.
• Evaluates processes to achieve outcomes and revises plans of care as needed.
• Makes clinical decisions to promote clinical decision making among team members.

Skills

Critical Care experience

BLS & ACLS certification

Education

BSN or ADN

Job description

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) to join the Surgical Telemetry team. This role will be full-time, days 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. and/or Nights 7:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. (days vary). Sign on and relocation bonuses available for eligible nurses.

Surgical Telemetry unit is 24-bed unit that specializes in abdominal surgery, colorectal, Hepatobiliary, and Kidney Transplant. The unit is recognized through PRISM (Premier Recognition in Specialty of Med-Surg), reflecting a commitment to excellence, professional development, teamwork, and quality patient care.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

We honor our RN'S for providing world-class healthcare-every time, every touch- to each person in every community we have the privilege to serve!

Featured Benefits:

• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

Registered Nurse (RN) Surgical Telemetry Job Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting multiple data sets and synthesizing their relationships.
• Formulates individualized plans of care based on assessment findings and interpreting trends in patient populations to achieve best practice.
• Conducts all patient care in a patient and family centered manner, integrating knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum of care.
• Advocates for patients' rights from the patient and family perspective and provides counsel while acting as a resource to resolve issues.
• Accesses resources from all disciplines to achieve desired patient outcomes and coordinates healthcare and alternate services for patient/family transition planning.
• Documents all patient care activities, as per documentation standards, and assists healthcare team members with documentation.
• Evaluates the process to achieve outcomes, anticipates patient variances and makes revisions to plans of care.
• Makes clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data and intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision making of all team members.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: BSN or AD. If RN has an AD, within 2 years from date of hire, they must meet with their nurse leader and conduct the following: 1.) Identify which accredited school they plan to attend 2.) Provide a written plan with anticipated BSN completion date 3.) Submit a review of transcripts from the school indicating the required pre-requisites and timeline for taking the courses 4.) Complete BSN within 5 years of start date
• Experience: 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse, for Critical Care units, 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse in a critical care setting or completion of a critical care fellowship.
• Certification: BLS & ACLS from American Heart Association; Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in an acute care hospital setting, strongly preferred. Experience on Surgical or Post Op unit a plus!